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Bell, Book and Candle

Presented by Triad Stage at Pyrle Theater at Triad Stage at the Pyrle Theater

October 19-November 9, 2008

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A Bewitching Comedy By John Van Druten Love is a magical thing. It’s the 1950s and Gillian Holroyd is living the life of a restless witch in the hip Murray Hill district of New York City. When she casts a spell on her handsome upstairs neighbor, Shep Henderson, to keep him from marrying her old college rival, it works a little too well. Now Shep’s absolutely mad for Gill and Gill finds she’s starting to feel the same about him. Will she give into the one thing that will take away her magical powers forever—falling in love?

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    Triad Stage at the Pyrle Theater

    232 S. Elm St.
    Greensboro, NC 27401

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    Tickets: $10 - $42, depending on performance and seat location Student Rush and Group Discounts available.

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    Dates:
    October 19-November 9, 2008

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    7:30 PM Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday
    8:00 PM Friday, Saturday
    2:00 PM Sunday

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    • Event Name: Bell, Book and Candle
      "Where's the magic?"
      Review posted by: Jim Shertzer from Winston-Salem, NC , Oct 24, 2008
      

      There’s too little magic in “Bell, Book and Candle,” John Van Druten’s 1950 romantic comedy about witchcraft in Manhattan. Best remembered from the 1958 film, the play seems dated and talky.... Expand

      There’s too little magic in “Bell, Book and Candle,” John Van Druten’s 1950 romantic comedy about witchcraft in Manhattan. Best remembered from the 1958 film, the play seems dated and talky. Director John Feltch is less concerned with the material’s wit and sophistication than in recycling TV’s “Bewitched” and Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park.” Square-jawed Glenn Kalison and kittenish Anne Bowles are attractive but at least 10 years too young as a publisher and the bored witch who casts a love spell on him to settle an old score. Worse, they play Shep and Gillian as the boy-and-girl next door, not urbane New Yorkers. Michael Daniel Anderson as Gillian’s impish brother Nicky and Lesley Hunt as Gillian’s dotty aunt are better cast and have a better lock on what the script’s about. Ronn Carroll as the clueless writer on witchcraft, plays his role as a tiresome, stock drunk. Another casting mistake - Pyewacket, Gillian's familiar, was NOT played by a Siamese at the preview I caught. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Bell, Book and Candle
      "Where's the magic?"
      Review posted by: Jim Shertzer from Winston-Salem, NC , Oct 24, 2008
      

      There’s too little magic in “Bell, Book and Candle,” John Van Druten’s 1950 romantic comedy about witchcraft in Manhattan. Best remembered from the 1958 film, the play seems dated and talky.... Expand

      There’s too little magic in “Bell, Book and Candle,” John Van Druten’s 1950 romantic comedy about witchcraft in Manhattan. Best remembered from the 1958 film, the play seems dated and talky. Director John Feltch is less concerned with the material’s wit and sophistication than in recycling TV’s “Bewitched” and Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park.” Square-jawed Glenn Kalison and kittenish Anne Bowles are attractive but at least 10 years too young as a publisher and the bored witch who casts a love spell on him to settle an old score. Worse, they play Shep and Gillian as the boy-and-girl next door, not urbane New Yorkers. Michael Daniel Anderson as Gillian’s impish brother Nicky and Lesley Hunt as Gillian’s dotty aunt are better cast and have a better lock on what the script’s about. Ronn Carroll as the clueless writer on witchcraft, plays his role as a tiresome, stock drunk. Another casting mistake - Pyewacket, Gillian's familiar, was NOT played by a Siamese at the preview I caught. Collapse

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